Flickr user Sebastian Nielsen is feeling the cold temperatures, and wanted a desktop that was both informative but also reflects his hope for a white Christmas. He took this serene, snow-covered desktop and populated it with Rainmeter widgets to give him quick access to folders and his Google Calendar appointments.

If you want the same look for your Windows system, here's what you'll need:

If you need help getting all of the components to look just right, head over to tutorial on setting up Rainmeter to get started, or head over to Sebastian's flickr page and ask. If you have a Mac or are running Linux, you can approximate some of the same effects using GeekTool or Conky, respectively, but not everything.

Whether your goal is to make your desktop look beautiful or you want an information-rich desktop…
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Do you have a great, beautifully productive desktop of your own that you'd like to share? Go ahead and post it to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Group with a description of how you made it and it may be the next featured desktop.